Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 137 of 1000: निराकारा · Nirākārā
Formless
Artha
What the name means
She has no outline that could be drawn, and every shape given to her is a loan she permits.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ निराकारायै नमः
oṃ nirākārāyai namaḥ
om nirakarayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, nirākārā, as part of Shloka 44. In the nāmāvalī, the form used for arcana(worship with an offering at each name), it is turned to the dative, the case of offering: “to her”. Then it is framed by oṃ before and namaḥ, “salutation”, after.
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Uccāraṇa
Saying it, syllable by syllable
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Vyākaraṇa
How the name is built
she who has no shape
vigraha na vidyate ākāraḥ yasyāḥ sā
without, free from
form, figure, outward shape
New to the cases and compounds? The grammar you meet in the text.
Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 44Names 134–143
निर्लेपा निर्मला नित्या निराकारा निराकुला ।
निर्गुणा निष्कला शान्ता निष्कामा निरुपप्लवा ॥ ४४ ॥
nirlepā nirmalā nityā nirākārā nirākulā
nirguṇā niṣkalā śāntā niṣkāmā nirupaplavā
Study the whole shloka: Ten things taken away
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- nirakaraom nirakarayai namah
- ITRANS
- nirAkArAOM nirAkArAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- nirAkArAOM nirAkArAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- నిరాకారాఓం నిరాకారాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ನಿರಾಕಾರಾಓಂ ನಿರಾಕಾರಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- നിരാകാരാഓം നിരാകാരായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- நிராகாராஓம் நிராகாராயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- નિરાકારાૐ નિરાકારાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- নিরাকারাওঁ নিরাকারায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ନିରାକାରାଓଁ ନିରାକାରାୟୈ ନମଃ